SOLVED - Read my post below, thanks Rockin_Zombie!
Hello all!
I recently purchased and installed this: Amazon.com: Crucial M500 240GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive CT240M500SSD3: Computers & Accessories in my Razer Blade 14 as a second mSata drive.
Super easy to do, mSata port #2 was right in the middle and not obstructed by anything. I boot up, right into BIOS, and see the CRUCIAL-24CT (or something, Im at work so can't see exact model#) in the bios, right underneath the Samsung 840.
Boot into windows, go into Disk Management, and am saddened to see no unallocated drive space for me to format. So I have no idea if this is a windows issue, or if there is something wrong with my drive.
Does anybody have any ideas for me to try? I would REALLY rather not open up my laptop again as I am afraid those tiny screws are going to get stripped, so I am hoping this isn't a defective drive and I just need to update a driver or do something in windows 8![]()
Thanks for any help! <3
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Rockin_Zombie Notebook Consultant
Try disabling the mSATA port in BIOS, boot into Windows, restart and go into BIOS, enable, and start Windows again.
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Yup, let me know how that works out. I'm looking to swap the original SSD and add a 2nd M500, I'm just not too sure if the original drive can be swapped easily and more important, if I can somehow get the recovery partition into my RAID.
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What I did: Changed the SATA mode in the bios to IDE (instead of AHCI). This caused the computer to not boot properly. I went back into the BIOS, changed it back to AHCI, and now Windows 8 recognizes my unformatted drive space in Computer Management.
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Rockin_Zombie Notebook Consultant
No problem, sometimes the BIOS needs a kick in the back lol, enjoy!
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I had the same issue, had to go into windows disk management and assign partition label and format... from there everything was smooth sailing. -
Weird problem! -
Razer Blade 14 - 2nd SSD not recognized in windows, but seen in BIOS
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